Sion with Xin Zhao
How to Synergize Sion and Xin Zhao
based on 2,940 Sion with Xin Zhao pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Sion Xin Zhao Synergy Summary
Best Sion vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Sion and Xin Zhao
Tips for Playing as Sion with Xin Zhao
Roar of the Slayer is a great setup ability to land a very powerful Decimating Smash.
The Soul Furnace buff displays how much shield strength is remaining, use this information to time its explosion perfectly.
You only have very slight turning ability during Unstoppable Onslaught, so make sure to use it in straight paths.
Advice to Understand How Xin Zhao Will Play
Try to position yourself so your ultimate's knockback is most effective.
Xin Zhao is a great initiator to combat. Lead the front to start a fight and use your ultimate to do the most damage possible.
Sion Xin Zhao Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xin Zhao as Sion in LoL
The Sion Xin Zhao synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xin Zhao, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Sion sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Xin Zhao. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Xin Zhao helps Sion perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Sion is paired with Xin Zhao, he sees a little drop in his total damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Xin Zhao does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Sion is played alongside Xin Zhao on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Xin Zhao.
Moreover, when Sion plays with Xin Zhao on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Xin Zhao does a decent job of covering Sion in team fights.
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Is Sion better when played alongside Xin Zhao?
There is no top champion pairing for Sion that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. However, overall, Xin Zhao is a very typical teammate for Sion. By being on the same team as Sion, he increases their win rate by 0.9% to 51.1%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small bond between Sion and Xin Zhao that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Xin Zhao has a much lower diffuclty than Sion. That means you don't need to be very careful when arranging Xin Zhao teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to play well with you.
When playing alongside, Sion players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. When paired, these champs will be a great protective duo.
Conversely, by aligning Sion and Xin Zhao together, you will not be providing your other allies very much AP. We recommend you include other champs on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Xin Zhao ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sion to work well with Xin Zhao during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to include in your Sion and Xin Zhao synergy build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Sion used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Xin Zhao than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Sion had an average winrate of 51.1% helping carry Xin Zhao with this build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Minion Dematerializer runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for this team composition, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Xin Zhao with Sion are given for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the stats and builds to a specific division, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.